A cat with her kittens is something to make one smile.
My DH (who is not a cat person) still makes the comment that when I rescued our siamese, he wishes I had rescued one of her kittens with her. She cried for them for several days.

My cat actually had 4 kittens, but she moved them to my SD's bed and one night my SD slept on 3 of them. I felt really bad, but worse for my SD. Now she only has the one, it was so sad to hear my cat calling for her babies.